PANNONE & Partners will tomorrow become the latest big Manchester law firm to become a limited liability partnership.

At the same time, the city centre practice will change its name to Pannone.

An LLP structure limits partners' personal exposure to financial liabilities. The firm has grown in a é35m-plus turnover practice with 89 partners and 630 employees in total.

And managing partner Joy Kingsley said: "We believe the LLP structure will allow us to attract further high-quality staff, while retaining our unique culture that is best illustrated by our low staff turnover rate of just eight per cent."

Pannone's move follows a similar decision by Beachcroft Wansbroughs, which will become an LLP on April 30 and change its name to Beachcroft.